Joshua McWain indicted on murder charge for allegedly bludgeoning his mother to death, hiding her body under shed

GREENFIELD -- A man accused of bludgeoning his mother to death and burying her under a backyard shed has been formally charged with

second-degree murder.

Joshua P. McWain, 27, of 370 Daniels Road,

Lot 20, in Greenfield was arrested Oct. 31 after police found the body of his mother, 59-year-old Carol Stanford, under the floor of a shed behind the mobile home the two shared. A trap door led to the underground location where Stanford's body was left.

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The Saratoga County Sheriff's Department responded to the mobile home after neighbors reported Stanford hadn't been seen in several days.

Officials allege McWain beat Stanford to death on Oct. 27 and then hid her body.

McWain is also charged with tampering with physical evidence, a felony, and is being held in Saratoga County Jail without bail.